[Chrysler300] Re: Awards and horny question

["johnl" <john@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rich and all,

I just checked both our C300 and '55 T&C wagon which are currently stored here at work.  Both cars have a (4) post connection horn relay.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>
To: "'johnl'" <john@xxxxxxxxx>; "'Ray Jones'" <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'Jim & Ester Wildharber'" <jwildharber@xxxxxxxxxx>; "'Diane Brody'" <moparnut3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 10:46 AM
Subject: Awards and horny question


> John:
> 
> Congratulations on getting a meaningful trophy.
> 
> Coddington may be an inconsistent businessman, but he appears to be a car
> guy and real car guys know about and have great respect for the Chrysler
> 300's.  Sometimes this enables them to rise above their love for
> chrome-plated everything, 24" spinnaz, air bags and 16" woofers.
> 
> Similarly, my C-300 received the Chairman's Pick trophy at a local show and
> the award kind of choked me up as it came from an acknowledged local car guy
> who chaired the show.  
> 
> These experiences make it all worthwhile.
> 
> By the way, can you confirm if the proper horn relay for my 1955 Chrysler
> 300 is a three wire or a four wire unit?  The service manual shows a 3-wire
> diagram that has power for the relay coming from an ignition-switched
> source.  My car has only one battery connection, providing power to the
> relay and the horns with a separate wire outside the loom coming from the
> horn button in the steering wheel.  This enables the horn to honk regardless
> of the ignition switch position.
> 
> C-300'ly,
> Rich Barber
> Brentwood, CA
> 1955 C-300 (But struck out yesterday--was lucky enough to get a parking spot
> in the shade)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of johnl
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 8:03 AM
> To: Ray Jones
> Cc: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jim & Ester Wildharber; Diane Brody
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re: 56 300B
> 
> Don't know if it will ever make a show on TV or not.  Coddington doesn't
> have a very good reputation with most locals.  He has been in and out of
> business more than you can believe.  Recently I heard he has sold off the
> wheel portion of his business to American Racing Wheels.  He always seems to
> come back.
> 
> Just as a side note.  A couple of years ago I was out on Saturday morning
> with my B and had gone to my favorite cruise at Crystal Cove on Pacific
> Coast Hwy just below Corona del Mar.  I phoned Ken Brody as I needed to pick
> up a tool he had.  They were at Coddington's monthly Saturday cruise so I
> just drove directly over to his shop in La Habra.  
> 
> When I arrived I had to park way in the back, but as time when on I was able
> to move the car up front.  Ken brought Boyd over to see my car.  Coddington
> sticks his head in and looks at the steering wheel and immediately says "I'd
> like to cut that wheel down to a much smaller diameter".  I said nothing,
> but was thinking can't you leave anything alone?
> 
> At the end of his event he gives away a set of his wheels, T-shirts and
> trophies.  Ken and I were standing in a group of people while this was going
> on and my name was called.  Boyd had picked our B for best of show over some
> pretty outstanding rods in my opinion.  I'm not a trophy guy, but I must
> admit I was stunned and that is probably the only trophy I have that has any
> meaning to me.
> 
> John Lazenby
> Southern California, just minutes from Disneyland
> 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Town & Country
> 1955 Imperial Newport
> 1955 Chrysler C300
> 1956 Chrysler 300B
> 1957 Chrysler 300C Coupe
> 1960 Chrysler 300F Coupe
> 1963  Volkswagen Beetle
> 2001 BMW ///M5 (A Modern SUPERCAR)
> http://www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=18
> 
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Ray Jones 
>  To: johnl 
>  Cc: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Jim & Ester Wildharber ; Diane Brody 
>  Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 2:56 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re: 56 300B
> 
> 
>  John; I guess the real question here is: Is the car gonna be featured in
> one of Boyd's shows?
>  We've noticed it sitting in the background in the corner over the last
> year in some of the shows.
>  Well, like many say:
>  Build it like you own it - Drive it like you stole it...
>  Ray
> 
> 
>  On Jul 22, 2006, at 1:02 PM, johnl wrote:
> 
> 
>    Actually club member Ken Brody and his son Brad are doing the 300B
> project at Coddington's. The car has been at Coddington's forever. Over the
> 20 years I've known the Brody's they have become good friends and have
> helped me with many of my car projects.
> 
>    As I write this Ken and Diane Brody are arriving in Las Vegas to attend
> the wedding of a friend and will be spending the night with my Mother who
> lives in Henderson.
> 
> 
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